Jimmy Connors career statistics


This is a list of the main career statistics of former tennis player Jimmy Connors.
spent a total of 268 weeks at number 1, including 160 consecutive weeks.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Grand Prix year-end championships finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

WCT year-end championship finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Grand Prix Super Series finals

Singles: 29 (17 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Championship Series Tournaments are slightly different category though then Grand Prix Super Series Tournaments.

ATP Tour singles timeline

''Qualifying matches and walkovers are neither official match wins nor losses.

Career finals

Singles titles (109)

No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.1972Jacksonville, USHard Clark Graebner7–5, 6–4
2.1972Roanoke, US Hard Vladimír Zedník6–4, 7–6
3.1972Queen's Club, UK Grass John Paish6–2, 6–3
4.1972Columbus, US Clay Andrew Pattison7–5, 6–3, 7–5
5.1972Cincinnati, USClay Guillermo Vilas6–3, 6–3
6.1972Albany, USHard Roscoe Tanner6–2, 7–6
7.1973Baltimore, USCarpet Sandy Mayer6–4, 7–5
8.1973Roanoke, US Hard Ian Fletcher6–2, 6–3
9.1973Salt Lake City, US Hard Paul Gerken6–1, 6–2
10.1973Salisbury, US Hard Karl Meiler7–6, 7–6, 6–3
11.1973Hampton, US Hard Ilie Năstase4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–3
12.1973Paramus, USHard Clark Graebner6–1, 6–2
13.1973Boston, USHard Arthur Ashe6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
14.1973Columbus, US Clay Charlie Pasarell3–6, 6–3, 6–3
15.1973Los Angeles, US Hard Tom Okker7–5, 7–6
16.1973Quebec, CanadaHard Marty Riessen6–1, 6–4, 6–7, 6–0
17.1973Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Arthur Ashe6–4, 7–6, 6–3
18.1974Australian OpenGrass Phil Dent7–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
19.1974Roanoke, US Hard Karl Meiler6–4, 6–3
20.1974Little Rock, USCarpet Karl Meiler6–2, 6–1
21.1974Birmingham, US Carpet Sandy Mayer7–5, 6–3
22.1974Salisbury, US Hard Frew McMillan6–4, 7–5, 6–3
23.1974Hampton, US Hard Ilie Năstase6–4, 6–4
24.1974Salt Lake City, US Hard Vitas Gerulaitis4–6, 7–6, 6–3
25.1974Tempe, USHard Vijay Amritraj6–1, 6–2
26.1974Manchester, UKGrass Mike Collins13–11, 6–2
27.1974Wimbledon Grass Ken Rosewall6–1, 6–1, 6–4
28.1974Indianapolis, US Clay Björn Borg5–7, 6–3, 6–4
29.1974US Open Grass Ken Rosewall6–1, 6–0, 6–1
30.1974Los Angeles, US Hard Harold Solomon6–3, 6–1
31.1974London – Dewar Cup, UKCarpet Brian Gottfried6–2, 7–6
32.1974Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Arthur Ashe7–6, 6–3, 6–1
33.1975Nassau, BahamasHard Karl Meiler6–0, 6–2
34.1975Birmingham, US Carpet Billy Martin6–4, 6–3
35.1975Salisbury, US Hard Vitas Gerulaitis5–7, 7–5, 6–1, 3–6, 6–0
36.1975Boca Raton, USClay Jürgen Fassbender6–4, 6–2
37.1975Hampton, US Hard Jan Kodeš3–6, 6–3, 6–0
38.1975Denver, US Carpet Brian Gottfried6–3, 6–4
39.1975North Conway, US Clay Ken Rosewall6–2, 6–2
40.1975Hamilton, BermudaClay Vitas Gerulaitis6–1, 6–4
41.1975Maui, US Hard Sandy Mayer6–1, 6–0
42.1976Birmingham, US Carpet Roscoe Tanner6–4, 3–6, 6–1
43.1976Philadelphia, US Carpet Björn Borg7–6, 6–4, 6–0
44.1976Hampton, US Hard Ilie Năstase6–2, 6–2, 6–2
45.1976Rancho Mirage, US Hard Roscoe Tanner6–4, 6–4
46.1976Denver, US Carpet Ross Case7–6, 6–2
47.1976Las Vegas, US Hard Ken Rosewall6–1, 6–3
48.1976Washington, US Clay Raúl Ramírez6–2, 6–4
49.1976North Conway, US Clay Raúl Ramírez7–6, 4–6, 6–3
50.1976Indianapolis, US Clay Wojtek Fibak6–2, 6–4
51.1976US Open Clay Björn Borg6–4, 3–6, 7–6, 6–4
52.1976Cologne, West GermanyCarpet Frew McMillan6–2, 6–3
53.1976Wembley, UK Carpet Roscoe Tanner3–6, 7–6, 6–4
54.1977Birmingham, US Carpet Bill Scanlon6–3, 6–3
55.1977St. Louis WCT, USCarpet John Alexander7–6, 6–2
56.1977Las Vegas, US Hard Raúl Ramírez6–4, 5–7, 6–2
57.1977Dallas WCT Finals, US Carpet Dick Stockton6–7, 6–1, 6–4, 6–3
58.1977Maui, US Hard Brian Gottfried6–2, 6–0
59.1977Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard Ken Rosewall7–5, 6–4, 6–2
60.1977Las Vegas – WCT Challenge Cup, USCarpet Roscoe Tanner6–2, 5–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–5
61.1977Tennis Masters Cup, New YorkCarpet Björn Borg6–4, 1–6, 6–4
62.1978Philadelphia, US Carpet Roscoe Tanner6–2, 6–4, 6–3
63.1978Denver, US Carpet Stan Smith6–2, 7–6
64.1978Memphis, US Hard Tim Gullikson7–6, 6–3
65.1978Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard Raúl Ramírez7–5, 7–5
66.1978Birmingham, UKGrass Raúl Ramírez6–3, 6–1, 6–2
67.1978Washington, US Clay Eddie Dibbs7–5, 7–5
68.1978Indianapolis, US Clay José Higueras7–5, 6–1
69.1978Stowe, US Hard Tim Gullikson6–2, 6–3
70.1978US Open Hard Björn Borg6–4, 6–2, 6–2
71.1978Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard Geoff Masters6–0, 6–0, 6–4
72.1979Birmingham, US Carpet Eddie Dibbs6–2, 3–6, 7–5
73.1979Philadelphia, US Carpet Arthur Ashe6–3, 6–4, 6–1
74.1979Memphis, US Hard Arthur Ashe6–4, 5–7, 6–3
75.1979Tulsa, USHard Eddie Dibbs6–7, 7–5, 6–1
76.1979Indianapolis, US Clay Guillermo Vilas6–1, 2–6, 6–4
77.1979Stowe, US Hard Mike Cahill6–0, 6–1
78.1979Hong KongHard Pat DuPré7–5, 6–3, 6–1
79.1979Dorado Beach,USHard Vitas Gerulaitis6–5, 6–0, 6–4
80.1980Birmingham, US Carpet Eliot Teltscher6–3, 6–2
81.1980Philadelphia, US Carpet John McEnroe6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
82.1980Dallas WCT Finals, US Carpet John McEnroe2–6, 7–6, 6–1, 6–2
83.1980North Conway, US Clay Eddie Dibbs6–3, 5–7, 6–1
84.1980Guangzhou Marlboro Tennis ClassicCarpet Eliot Teltscher6–2, 6–4
85.1980Tokyo Indoor, Japan Carpet Tom Gullikson6–1, 6–2
86.1981La Quinta, US Hard Ivan Lendl6–3, 7–6
87.1981Brussels, BelgiumCarpet Brian Gottfried6–2, 6–4, 6–3
88.1981Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard Gene Mayer6–1, 2–6, 6–2
89.1981Wembley, UK Carpet John McEnroe3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
90.1982Monterrey, MexicoCarpet Johan Kriek6–2, 3–6, 6–3
91.1982Los Angeles, US Hard Mel Purcell6–2, 6–1
92.1982Las Vegas, US Hard Gene Mayer5–2, ret.
93.1982Queen's Club, UK Grass John McEnroe7–5, 6–3
94.1982Wimbledon Grass John McEnroe3–6, 6–3, 6–7, 7–6, 6–4
95.1982Columbus, US Hard Brian Gottfried7–5, 6–0
96.1982US Open Hard Ivan Lendl6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
97.1983Memphis, US Hard Gene Mayer7–5, 6–0
98.1983Las Vegas, US Hard Mark Edmondson7–6, 6–1
99.1983Queen's Club, UK Grass John McEnroe6–3, 6–3
100.1983US Open Hard Ivan Lendl6–3, 6–7, 7–5, 6–0
101.1984Memphis, US Hard Henri Leconte6–3, 4–6, 7–5
102.1984La Quinta, US Hard Yannick Noah6–2, 6–7, 6–3
103.1984Boca West, USHard Johan Kriek7–5, 6–4
104.1984Los Angeles, US Hard Eliot Teltscher6–4, 4–6, 6–4
105.1984Tokyo Indoor, Japan Carpet Ivan Lendl6–4, 3–6, 6–0
106.1988Washington, US Hard Andrés Gómez6–1, 6–4
107.1988Toulouse, France Carpet Andrei Chesnokov6–2, 6–0
108.1989Toulouse, France Carpet John McEnroe6–3, 6–3
109.1989Tel Aviv, IsraelHard Gilad Bloom2–6, 6–2, 6–1

Runner-ups (55)

Here are Connors's tournament titles that are not included in the statistics on the Association of Tennis Professionals Web site. These mainly are special events like invitational tournaments and exhibitions.
YearDateTournamentSurfacePrize moneyOpponentScoreWinner's prize
1972Aug 14–20Ocean City - Ocean Pines InvitationalHard$5,000 Herb Fitzgibbon6–3, 6–2$1,500
1978Jun 10Kent All Comers Championship, BeckenhamGrass Stan Smith9–8, 6–3
1978Nov 23–26Kobe & Tokyo – Gunze InvitationalCarpet Ilie Năstase6–2, 6–4
1978Dec 5–8Lucerne Lucerne InvitationalCarpet Tom Okker6–1, 6–1
1979Sep 28–30Asunción – Boqueron InternationalClay Guillermo Vilas7–5, 6–3
1980May 15–18Louisville International Classic?$104,000 Eddie Dibbs6–2, 6–3$36,000
1980Aug 4–10Frejus – 8-men Round RobinHard Roscoe Tanner6–0, 6–7, 6–4
1980Oct 8–12Melbourne – Mazda ChallengeCarpet Gene Mayer1–6, 6–2, 6–0, 7–5
1982Jan 6–11Rosemont – Michelob Light Challenge of ChampionsCarpet $310,000 John McEnroe6–7, 7–5, 6–7, 7–5, 6–4
1982Sep 29 – Oct 3Montreal – Molson Light Challenge CupHard $250,000 Björn Borg6–4, 6–3$80,000
1982Dec 17–19North Miami Beach – Nastase-Hamptons InvitationalHard$305,000 Brian Teacher6–2, 6–2$80,000
1983Feb 8–13Toronto – Molson ChallengeCarpet José Higueras6–2, 6–0, 5–7, 6–0
1983May 12–15Tulsa Bank of Oklahoma Tennis ClassicHard Roscoe Tanner6–4, 6–3
1983Jul 28–31Beaver Creek – Vail Beaver Creek ClassicHard Mats Wilander7–6, 6–2
1983Aug 3–7Newport BeachHigh StakesHard$300,000 Tim Mayotte6–3, 6–4, 6–2$100,000
1983Oct 5–9Vancouver Labbat's InvitationalCarpet Bill Scanlon6–1, 6–2, 6–2
1983Dec 14–20North Miami Beach – Nastase-Hamptons InvitationalHard$305,000 Ivan Lendl6–3, 7–6, 6–1$90,000
1984Jan 3–8Rosemont – Lite Challenge of ChampionsCarpet $250,000 Andrés Gómez6–3, 6–2, 6–1
1985Apr 25–28Tulsa Bank of Oklahoma Tennis ClassicHard Yannick Noah6–4, 6–4
1985Jul 26–29Beaver Creek Kiva Tennis ClassicHard Mats Wilander6–4, 6–4
1985Jul 30 – Aug 4Head CupHard Gene Mayer2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1986Apr 24–27Tulsa Bank of Oklahoma Tennis ClassicHard Kevin Curren6–3, 6–2
1986Sep 11–14Amelia Island Dupont All AmericanHard Aaron Krickstein4–6, 6–2, 6–0
1987Jul 16–19Beaver Creek Vail Tennis ClassicHard Tim Mayotte1–6, 6–3, 7–6

Other singles titles (4–8 man fields)

These are non-ATP, exhibition/invitational and special events
YearDateTournamentSurfaceFinal opponentFinal resultWinner's prize
1972June 8–11Nottingham – 4-men invitational Round RobinGrassColin Dibley4–6, 7–6, 7–5
1978September 22–24Buenos Aires – 4-men invitationalCarpet Björn Borg5–7, 6–3, 6–3
1979July 27–28Montpellier Invitational Tennis Tournament – 4-men invitationalHardJohn McEnroe7–6, 2–6, 7–5
1979September 15–16Rio de Janeiro – 4-men invitationalClayGuillermo Vilas6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1979October 3–5Buenos Aires – Indoor Round RobinCarpet Victor Pecci6–2, 1–6, 6–2
1980March 6–7Munich – 4-men invitationalCarpet Vitas Gerulaitis6–1, 6–7, 6–4
1980April 7–8Tokyo – Suntory CupCarpet John McEnroe7–5, 6–3
1980September 19–20Napa Valley Harvest CupHardRoscoe Tanner6–4, 6–2
1981April 11–12Tokyo – Suntory CupCarpet John McEnroe6–4, 7–6
1981November 17–18Tel Aviv – Golden Racquet Sabirna Gali?Ilie Năstase6–4, 6–2
1982July 22–24Industry Hills – $100,000 4-men invitationalHardBjörn Borg5–7, 6–2, 6–2, 6–7, 6–2$50,000
1983April 10–11Tokyo – Suntory CupCarpet Björn Borg6–3, 6–4
1983July 8–10Sun City – Round Robin BophuthatswanaHardIvan Lendl7–5, 7–6$400,000
1983October 15–16Atlantic City Jimmy Connors Invitational?Gene Mayer7–6, 6–4
1986April 19–20Tokyo – Suntory CupCarpet Mats Wilander6–4, 6–0
1989May 5–7NîmesClayAnders Järryd6–2, 6–3

Challenge matches / Exhibition matches (2 players) / amateur titles (50)

1970: Modesto, California – Final opponent: Robert Potthast 4–6 6–4 6–3
1975: Ilie Nastase – Syracuse, N.Y. 6–4 6–7 6–2
1975: Rod Laver – Las Vegas 6–4, 6–2, 3–6, 7–5.
1975: Vitas Gerulaitis – Ridgefield, Connecticut 6–3 7–6
1975: John Newcombe – Las Vegas 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1976: Manuel Orantes – Las Vegas 6–2 6–2 6–1
1976: Ilie Nastase – Providence 6–4 6–1
1976: Tony Roche – Hartford 6–4 7–5
1976: John Newcombe – Hartford 6–2 6–3
1977: John Alexander – Hartford 6–1 6–4
1977: Tony Roche – Hartford 6–4 7–5
1977: Ilie Nastase – Puerto Rico 4–6 6–3 7–5 6–3
1978: John Newcombe – New Haven 6–4 6–4
1978: John Alexander – New Haven 6–2 6–4
1978: Eddie Dibbs – Toledo, Ohio 6–4 6–4
1979: Hank Pfister – São Paulo 3–6 6–2 6–4 6–1
1979: Guillermo Vilas – Buenos Aires 7–5 6–3 6–3
1980: Adriano Panatta – Copenhagen 6–4 6–1
1980: Bjorn Borg – Copenhagen 6–4 6–2
1980: Ilie Nastase - Detroit 7-6 6-3
1980: Ilie Nastase – Toronto 6-3 6-4
1980: Eddie Dibbs – Portland 6–4 7–6
1980: Eddie Dibbs – San Diego 6-4 6-3
1980: Roscoe Tanner – Napa Valley 6–4 6–2
1981: Ilie Nastase – San Diego
1981: Ilie Nastase – Portland 6–2 6–2
1982: Bjorn Borg – Richmond 6–4 3–6 7–5 6–3
1982: Bjorn Borg – Seattle 6–4 3–6 7–5
1982: Bjorn Borg – Los Angeles 6–3 2–6 6–2
1982: Bjorn Borg – Vancouver 6–2 5–7 6–4
1982: Bjorn Borg – San Francisco 7–5 7–6
1983: Bjorn Borg – Bâton-Rouge 6–7 6–4 6–4
1983: Bjorn Borg – Providence 6–4 6–4
1983: Bjorn Borg – Séoul 5–7 6–1 4–6 6–4 7–6
1983: Ivan Lendl – San Diego 6–2 5–7 6–1
1983: Kevin Curren – Cape Town 2–6 7–6 7–6 6–4
1983: Vitas Gerulaitis – Portland 6–3 7–5
1983: Ilie Nastase – Tampa 6–2 7–5
1984: John McEnroe – Seattle 3–6 6-2 6-3 The Straits Times 27 Sept. 1984 Connors settles a score SEATTLE, Wed. Jimmy Connors beat John McEnroe In a "grudge match" yesterday la the Peugeot Invitatlonal Exhibition match here. Connors, whs lost to McEnroe In this year's United States Open, staged a comeback after dropping the first set M. Connors took the last two sets ft-2
1984: Andres Gomez – Jakarta 6–4 6–2
1984: Andres Gomez – Kuala Lumpur 6–1 7–6
1986: John McEnroe – Ottawa 6–4 6–3 6–3
1986: Bjorn Borg – Tokyo 4–6 6–2 6–4
1986: Bjorn Borg – Tokyo
1986: Bjorn Borg – Tokyo
1986: Aaron Krickstein – New Orleans
1986: Yannick Noah – Inglewood 2–4 ret.
1987: Tim Mayotte – Inglewood 7–5 7–6
1988: Andre AgassiAuburn Hills 7–6 6–3
1992: John McEnroe – Inglewood 6–4 3–6 6–3

Grand Slam, Grand Prix, and WCT doubles titles (16)

Record against No. 1 players

Connors' match record against players who have been ranked world No. 1.
PlayerYearsMatchesRecordWin %HardClayGrassCarpet
John Newcombe1973–197964–267%2–00–00–22–0
Stefan Edberg1984–1991126–650%4–51–00–01–1
Ilie Năstase1971–19842812–1643%2–31–10–19–11
John McEnroe1977–19913414–2041%4–73–14–33–9
/ Ivan Lendl1979–19923513–2237%5–142–22–04–6
Björn Borg1973–1981238–1535%3–33–30–42–5
Andre Agassi1988–198920–20%0–20–00–00–0
Pete Sampras199220–20%0–10–10–00–0
Jim Courier1985–199230–30%0–10–00–00–2
Mats Wilander1984–198850–50%0–40–10–00–0
Boris Becker1986–199260–60%0–10–10–10–3